Day 47-50

August 29 - May 2, 2014

I'll just clump these together. This week has been quite the learning experience. Had to handle insurance crap, rental car crap, accident report crap, etc. I have my friend S** to thank for letting me crash on her couch this week so I could have a more manageable commute. Yay 30 minutes :D.

I really should write these the day they happen so I don't forget what happens... X_X. Biggest thing though, my current CEO stepped down this past week in order to start a new company. He left us in very good hands, with T*** as the new CEO :D. More good news: new product is doing great in beta testing and we have a very high productivity of everything else.

Man, G*** is the nicest boss that I'll ever have. He came over to manufacturing one day to ask us how we were doing. He was extremely impressed by the fact that we could get 9 machines out a day. I then told him about the accident and how long my commute was, he offered me  room! A freaking room at his house! What a guy.

Overall, life was bumpy this past week, but my head's still above the water. This is what I get for telling people, "Oh yeah... my life has gotten really routine." Here are more moments with my coworker L****. I'm 24 years old >.<!!

L**** moments:

L: Hey, have you heard about funny bones?
Me: Like the thing in your elbow, that hurts when you hit it?
L: No no, the food. Funny bones.
Me: Eh? /headtilt
L: oh you're so cute.

L**** vision:

Me: /searching for screw that I dropped on the floor
L: Hey, I'm leaving, have a good ... what are you doing on the floor?
Me: Just searching for a screw that I dropped
L: Oh you're so cute

L**** Vision:

Wow it was hard searching for an image of a character on the floor that wasn't over sexualized...

I am quite thankful that she hasn't caught me getting the cookies from the top shelf in the break room...

The struggle is real. X_X.

Day 46

August 28, 2014

Car accident.

Today was a full range of emotions. Started out with the regular long commute, followed by me falling asleep at the wheel, followed by getting into a nasty rear ending accident, followed by nervously trying to exchange information, followed by an intimidating cop, followed by, a shit ton of cassette QC at work, followed by not knowing where the fuck my car was towed for about 2 hours, followed by complete self hatred and depression, followed by contemplating suicide, followed by getting some ice cream with S**, followed by sorting everything out with the car mechanics and insurance, followed by joking about suicide, followed by maniacally laughing at S** for leaving her at the best cliff hanger episode of Kill la Kill XD.

Best text exchange ever.
Me: So... it finally happened. Got into an accident.
S**: Annnd that's your wake up call. Drive safer you dork!

Really...? wake up call -_-?.

I'm also really thankful for my work. They were incredibly understanding about the fact that I needed some time to call people and needing some time tomorrow to figure out crap. Really cool people.

My dad was also not mad at all. More thankful that nothing happened to me, which was how I expected him to react, I think.

This is truly a wake up call though. I really need to move closer to work. I slept quite a bit during weekend (granted only 12 to 6 on Sunday -> Monday). However, even days when I don't wake up to an alarm (the days I go into work at around 10, because they're cool with that), I still feel incredibly sleepy 40 minutes into the commute.

In the end though, I can't blame the commute. I can't blame not being able to sleep right. I can't blame depression. I can't blame anything other than myself. I got careless and irresponsible. I should have gotten a little more sleep. I should have prepared myself some tea to keep me more awake. I should have moved closer to work over a month ago. However, even though it's all my fault, there's no need to think of suicide. I just have to learn from this and keep going. Float on.

Day 44

August 24, 2014

I got really bored and learned how to use SketchUp and revamped K***'s floor plans :3. This is what the new place will possibly look like.

Day 43

August 23, 2014

>fucked up and got a screw stuck in a chassis
>gotta rip the screw out and tap a new hole
>metal flying everywhere -> better put on safety glasses
> ~6pm
>coworker comes over
>*loud noises of grinding metal*
>"Hey, what time are you leaving?"
>I peek around the corner. Goggles on, drill in one hand,
>"eh... in a bit."
>coworker has a "...the fuck?" look on his face
>"ok..." /walks away
took me a moment to realize that my job doesn't normally involve safety glasses and power tools.

It feels nice that they actually trust me with those tools :3.

Day 42

August 22, 2014

Last Friday, I started moving devices up to the CEO's office for storage since he's away for vacation. We now have about 20+ devices in there. You cannot stand next to the window unless you move a bit of furniture around :3. There's still space enough for someone to walk in there. I hope I can change that before he comes back >:).

I've officially ran out of stuff to do in all departments today. I finished up my own work, asked shipping, asked R&D, asked inventory management... They literally ran out of stuff for me to do. My solution: Start taking online classes!

I found this amazing website through the TED talks, called edX.org. I'm currently auditing an intro to ECE class presented by a professor from MIT. It's kind of nice... but I forgot how to calculus :C.

Ah... something funny...

One of the R&D jobs that I finished today involved making some filters (tedious, but something to do). One part involved using a scalpel to cut clear off some of the filter's excess membrane. My co-worker said something like: "Oh actually, you don't have to use the scalpel, I can do it later if you want. I don't want you to cut yourself."

I had to fight my hardest not let my inner Suzu-chan out and say: "I have a master's degree in biomedical engineering. I have ample experience using a cryostat cutter. And I've successfully done surgical operations on rats. AndI think I can handle a scalpel!"


More Suzu

I connect with short anime characters too much -_-

Day 39

April 17, 2014

>fixing a centrifuge
>putting it back together
>"Uh... K***, what are these screws for?"
>"Didn't I tell you? If you have extra pieces after fixing something, it isn't bad. You just made the machine more efficient since it never really needed those parts."

Today, K*** and I saved our company a couple thousands by fixing some lab devices :3. It was quite fun working with new machines.

Also, we're transferring the finished devices to our CEO's office since he's going on a vacation for  week. Next week's goal, make enough devices to cover all his windows.

Also, during my break time, I've been dabbling with google spreadsheets for my work schedule. The spreadsheet is based on a traditional 8hr work day and a 40 hr work week. I have to input time in and time out and it calculates: time worked, time over 8 hrs, time I should leave to meet 8hrs, time I should leave to use up past extra time, total hours worked in the week, total extra time that I can use up to meet the 40 hrs, etc. Kyle was looking at it yesterday, and today he jokingly said, "Wow, you got a lot of stuff there. Next thing you should put is the sun's position in the sky. Haha." I got a surprise for him tomorrow :3.

I'll post the spreadsheet sometime this weekend for people that have 40 hr work weeks. I still have a couple things I want to tweak.

Day 37

April 15, 2014

Blog started, because my memory is bad and lots of great things happen at work.

Biggest fuck up today. Yesterday I made 13 devices. The screw holes for all of them blew up. 13 device skins in the trash X_X. Not exactly my fault... There was a change in protocol since some screws were coming loose, so I was told to add Loctite. Funny thing about this Loctite... it eats through plastic. gg.

My reaction:














However, my boss, T***, is cool and said w.e. Learn from our mistakes.

The parts for the new device finally came in and T*** is now teaching me how to build them. They're a big pain, but I'll figure them out. I'll be in charge of writing the most efficient assembly protocol. Very excite.